Editing Cayuga, Indiana (section)

==History==
When the town was laid out on September 20, 1827, it was called Eugene Station,<ref>Bowen 1913, p. 362.</ref> though it was also called Osonimon after an Indian chief of that name.<ref>Bowen 1913, p. 401.</ref> It was later renamed after the village of [[Cayuga, New York|Cayuga]] and [[Cayuga Lake]] in the state of [[New York (state)|New York]]; an early settler named John Groenendyke had originally come from [[Cayuga County, New York]], and moved to Vigo County in 1818, then in 1819 moved to the area that later became Vermillion County.  The name is based on the Iroquois term ''Gwa-u-geh'', meaning "the place of taking out" (in terms of a [[portage]]). Local legend attributes the name to the sound made by the horn of a [[Ford Model T]].<ref>{{cite book
|last = Baker
|first = Ronald L.
|author2=Marvin Carmony
|title = Indiana Place Names
|publisher = [[Indiana University Press]]
|year = 1975
|page = 26
|isbn = 0-253-14167-2}}</ref> The town was incorporated around 1891.<ref>Bowen 1913, pp. 401–402.</ref>

The Cayuga post office has been in operation since 1886.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Vermillion | title=Vermillion County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 15, 2016}}</ref>